[15] This report led to the disbanding of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and establishment of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. At the United Nations, he met with China's foreign affairs minister, Tang . In 2008, she played Thea in Hedda, a new version of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, at London's Gate Theatre and, in 2009, she guest-starred as Arthur's mother Ygraine in the BBC fantasy drama series Merlin. Friday & Saturday 10:30 - 21:00. What theyre doing in Hong Kong is wicked. In a speech on the future of the BBC, which he said was "one of this country's greatest institutions", Patten called on ministers to respect the "besieged" broadcaster's independence, and set in place measures to stop it becoming "the plaything of the government of the day". The most difficult question was a kid who said, Weve listened to you, Mr Patten. Friends describe Rookwood, or "Rookers" as he is known, as "an avid Liverpool supporter, and a bit of a lad", but say that the couple - who have been together for eight months - are in love. This account already exists. In November 2016 Patten was made a Commander of the Legion of Honour, and was presented with the award by the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom Sylvie Bermann at Kensington Palace Gardens. He was the architect of Majors 1992 election victory, built on a belief that, post-Thatcher, the party must be tolerant, efficient and generous-spirited. She lived in Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997. Please Like other favourites! The attempt, for example, to understand the relationship between a slave trade and the Atlantic economy of which we were a part seems to me to be fundamentally important. Paperback. She's very charming, and can talk even the most unlikely person into appearing on TV.". One of them, a postgraduate medical student at Oxford, stopped him to explain that they had met at that meeting and Patten had been photographed with him carrying the yellow umbrella symbol of protest. Tory! Try AbeBooks. He was the architect of Major's 1992 election victory, built on a belief that, post-Thatcher, the party must be "tolerant,. One time I. Kate, who missed her father's signing-in as Governor when she chose instead to go trekking with friends around South America, spent the least time in Hong Kong because she was studying for a degree in Spanish and Latin American studies at Newcastle University. In PM Margaret Thatchers cabinet, Patten served as the Secretary of State for the Environment from July 1989 to November 1990. I occasionally get asked to preach in college chapels. "Kate makes documentaries now," says her mother, who trained as a barrister, but currently works as a mediator for couples whose marriages have broken down. (30 Jun 1997) Natural Sound The last . Alice Patten. Tv film Basanti (2006) as Sue McKinley. Which he thought was something which was valuable to South Africa. Within the last five years of British rule, acclaimed journalist Jonathan Dimbleby was given unique access to the governor which enabled him to document the . [20], As Chairman of the BBC Trust, Patten joined the Prince of Wales and other members of the royal family in the royal box for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert. The sometime barbed comedian made a point of noting that if octogenarian Biden isn't at the top of the Democrats' '24 ticket, 76-year old Donald Trump has a good chance of returning to the White House.. Patten has become a kind of living reminder of that shift on the right. Tony Blair suggested that it made the road to democracy [in China] unstoppable. His book ends with a postscript that is a rallying cry for the democracy movement in his former home (and his current one) - their cause is our cause. 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Receiving a Coolidge travelling scholarship, he went to US, where he was part of the campaign of then-Republican New York Mayor John Lindsay. degree from the University of Ulster. But if it was difficult to convince them of that hope then, certainly after 2019 when Mr Lees police had been beating them over the head, tasering and teargassing them, it wasnt going to be any easier., A year ago, Patten was taking Bobby for a walk in Richmond Park when he bumped into two Chinese couples in their mid-20s. In each of those roles, he has been pitted not against the left, but mostly against the Daily Mail and the ideologues and nut jobs in his own party. Commentaries Videos & Podcasts Author's Comments Sort by: Latest Popular Show: All On Point Tue 28th June 2022. How Covid helped China tighten its hold on Hong Kong, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Before that she was doing a series called Rock Shrines, about dead pop stars and their fans. (2006), Points of View (1961) and The Walden Interview (1988). Patten's defeat was attributed to factors such as the Poll Tax.[6]. Its not woke to do that. In addition to the name, Pattern appears to be based heavily on Patten, matching his appearance, political affiliation (Conservative) and family (a wife and two daughters with him in Hong Kong). Chris Patten, Hong Kong's final British governor before the 1997 handover, says the UK should tell China its proposal for a Hong Kong national security law is "outrageous". I listened to Sheila Hancock earlier talking about how one of the things about getting old is getting angrier. Jun 2020 - Present2 years 9 months. How I wonder, sitting on his plump sofa, does he envisage that? SELECT OPTIONS SAVE TO CART On 9 September 1999, the Commission produced its report, entitled A New Beginning: Policing in Northern Ireland and popularly known as the Patten Report, which contained 175 symbolic and practical recommendations. When they learn that their coach has died, they all return to New England with their families for the funeral. Chris Patten: We have a populist government that is fatally not popular, few minutes after the result of Mondays confidence vote in the prime minister was announced, I spoke to. Patten was also denounced by some Chinese media and politicians as the "whore of the East" and a "serpent", and was most famously called a "sinner who would be condemned for a thousand generations" (Chinese: ) by Lu Ping, the head of China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. Environment secretary Chris Patten (r) was charged with introducing the poll tax Instead of the tax shining a spotlight on spendthrift local councils, she said, the government was getting the. Alice Patten is an English actress, and the daughter of Chris Patten, a prominent British Conservative politician and the last governor of Hong Kong. Search instead in Creative? In 1992, Chris Patten, former chairman of the Conservative Party, was appointed Hong Kong's last governor, and was the man to oversee the handover ceremony of this former British colony. But there was a bigger question, which I think framed the whole problem. 04 Dec 1998. Chris Patten. In 1999, Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, was in New York representing the European Commission. They have three daughters together, Katharine Joan (born 1973), Laura (1974 or 1975), and Alice (1980). He is the co-chair of International Crisis Group, overseeing many international operations. Chris Patten is calling for the European Union to throw out its trade agreement with China. Alice was only 12 when she arrived in Hong Kong, and while her sisters returned to Britain to school and university, she grew up amid the marble-corridored glory of Government House where men in white gloves picked her socks up off the floor and served her meals. During the tenure of John Major as the PM, Patten served as the Chairman of the Conservative Party and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and played an instrumental role in his partys victory in the 1992 general election. A caption was changed to correct a date: Chris Patten received the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1998; not 1989. Rt hon chris patten ch former governor and commander-in-chief hong kong with his wife lavender and daughters left to right kate laura and alice at buckingham palace to receive his invest. It is certainly important to use Rhodes money for more black African students. The 1996 Hong Kong parody film Bodyguards of the Last Governor, presents 'Christ Pattern' as the Governor of Hong Kong. Lord Patten married Lavender Thornton in 1971. After the handover ceremony he left the city, together with Prince Charles, on board the British royal yacht, HMY Britannia. East and West. He considered that the EU had become overly dependent on Russian energy supplies, and should become more engaged with the countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia in order to diversify supplies. He made the case for negotiation rather than outright demands for independence. Photo: AFP/WTN Chris has an amazing sense of humour. Environment secretary Chris Patten (r) was charged with introducing the poll tax Instead of the tax shining a spotlight on spendthrift local councils, she said, the government was getting the. A media frenzy greeted their exuberant, mini-skirted arrival in 1992, and their gulping tears when they left five years later came to symbolise the last days of the British Empire in the territory. It's just that after those heady years in the spotlight, her sisters would seem to crave the exact opposite. CH PC Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes 1944512 Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 19921997 Patten is portrayed the video game Hong Kong 97 as ordering Chin, an unspecified relative of Bruce Lee, to massacre the entire population of mainland China. In June 1983, he was made the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Northern Ireland Office. He was one of the United Kingdom's two members to the European Commission as Commissioner for External Relations from 1999 to 2004. A Lancashire native, Patten grew up in London and was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. (Photo by David Montgomery/Getty Images) PURCHASE A LICENSE Get personalized pricing by telling us when, where, and how you want to use this asset. Katharine Joan ('Kate') Patten (1973-), Television producer; daughter of Chris Patten Sitter in 1 portrait Tell us More Like List Thumbnail Sort by Chris Patten and his family by Jillian Edelstein bromide fibre print, August 1990 NPG x45377 Find out more > Use this image Related People Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes (father) "It spits in the face of human rights and shows a delusional view of the Chinese Communist Party's trustworthiness on the international stage," Patten is quoted by the Daily Mail.. His comments came as 53 people were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of "subversion" in Hong Kong. Before relinquishing the colonial administration to China in 1997, he was fighting daily battles, mostly verbal, with . Chris Patten, the 28th and last governor of Hong Kong was swallowing hard as he emerged from Government House for the last time yesterday afternoon. As party chairman, he was widely considered to be the main architect of the somewhat unexpected Conservative victory at the 1992 general election. When Chinese leaders said Hong Kong could remain itself for 50 years after 1997, he says, it rather begged the question of whether they knew what it was in the first place. It was an extremely apolitical household; my parents would have voted Conservative. Sign up for exclusive newsletters, comment on stories, enter competitions and attend events. As the last Governor, Chris Patten kept diaries giving unprecedented insights into negotiating with the Chinese, about how the institutions of democracy in Hong Kong were strengthened and how he sought to ensure . If you wish to license an image, please use our Rights and Images service. Had things gone differently for him in 1992, it is quite possible to imagine that Patten could have been the first Catholic prime minister of Britain. In May, Laura married Elton Charles, a florist from Paddington, whom she met seven years ago. Each email has a link to unsubscribe. Chris Patten. He held this position within the Prodi Commission from 23 January 2000 until 22 November 2004. He is portrayed by Noel Lester Rands.[30]. [3] Patten's father, Frank, a jazz-drummer turned popular-music publisher and his mother Joan sent him to a Catholic primary school, Our Lady of the Visitation, in Greenford, and later to the independent St Benedict's School in Ealing, west London, where he won an exhibition to read Modern History at Balliol College, Oxford. She has played a key role in the Bollywood film Rang De Basanti (2006). 10 Jun 2008. 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[19], On the advice of the ConservativeLiberal Democrat coalition government led by Prime Minister David Cameron, Patten was appointed by the Queen-in-Council as Chairman of the BBC Trust, and he took office on 1 May 2011, in the place of Sir Michael Lyons whose contract was not renewed. His wifes father competed in the 1936 Olympics, part of that Chariots of Fire generation, and was killed in 1944. Many international lawyers argue that the incarceration of over one million Muslim Uighurs, forced sterilisation and abortion, and slave labour meet the UN definition of genocide. What the Chinese have done in Xinjiang is wicked. In 1992, Chris Patten, former chairman of the Conservative Party, was appointed Hong Kong's last governor, and was the man to oversee the handover ceremony of this former British colony. Contact Us We should say so. He is also a member of the Global Leadership Foundation, an organisation which works to promote good governance around the world. "I thought there was a prospect that (China) would keep its word, and I'm sorry that it hasn't," he said in London. Alice Patten is an English actress, and the daughter of Chris Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, a prominent British Conservative politician and the last Governor of Hong Kong. A year later, he became Minister for Overseas Development at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. I take as my baseline what Nelson Mandela said about the Rhodes Trust, he says. n Hong Kong, they were known as the Three Graces. He is known for Tory! You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Chris Patten, Hong Kong's last governor, handed the former colony back to China on 1 July 1997 to be ruled with a degree of autonomy under a system called "o. And yeah, I do get angry about things. Reading it, you cant help but reflect on an essential loss of rigour in Britains dealings with the world; contrast the likes of Douglas Hurd and Malcolm Rifkind as foreign secretaries with the incumbent, Liz Truss. | Contact Us | Newsletter | Annual & Transparency Report. After two weeks without a glimpse, Governor Chris Patten's teenage daughter, Laura, had been spotted in the beauty salon of the colony's 108-year-old Ladies' Recreation Club along with her. But what if youre wrong? Chris Patten, with wife Lavender and daughters Alice and Laura, is greeted by the Chief Secretary, Sir David Ford, on arrival in Hong Kong on 9 July 1992 Much of the time during the summer is. As the last Governor of Hong Kong, he supervised the final years of British governance in the colony and readied it for the transition to Chinese control in 1997. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chris_Patten_-2008-10-31-.jpg, https://flickr.com/photos/ukinfrance/11115110006, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3MtANpVq6s, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XkYBUBJgws. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Christopher Francis Patten was born on May 12 1944. 1,490 Chris Patten Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO All Sports Entertainment News Archival Browse 1,490 chris patten stock photos and images available or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Chris Patten's Hong Kong Diaries take us behind the scenes of 1997 handover Kevin Rudd, the former Australian prime minister and new ambassador to the United States, made himself far more. Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC is a politician from Britain. Raised in west London, Patten studied history at Balliol College, Oxford. Views expressed by opinion writers and advertisers are not necessarily shared by HKFP. Part of the reason that he despairs in watching our own democratic norms under threat proroguing parliament, undermining the independence of the judiciary and the neutrality of the civil service, threatening to ignore treaties in Northern Ireland is that he knows it makes it harder to criticise other regimes. He turns off a muted symphony when I arrive. He returned to sit with the Conservative party in the House of Lords in September of that year. There is a 1930s village atmosphere, which bankers and lawyers now pay 5m to inhabit. Great Britain and the World. Her role earned her praise from film critics in India. [2][3], Her first major role after graduation was Eugenie in Vincent in Brixton in the West End in 2002.[4]. Then chairman of the BBC Trust, fighting a rearguard action against cuts. A practising Roman Catholic, he organized Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom in September 2010. Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post: Trump may be . St Martin's Place Perhaps because she was forced to play out her rebellious teenage years in the public view - a leader in The Independent in 1992 criticised her for failing to dress appropriately and sitting "in what could only be described as a slouch - legs askew and one arm dangled over the side of her chair," during a formal ceremony - Laura has cultivated a quiet domestic life out of the limelight and, after her sudden promotion to a pop-star level of fame in Hong Kong, now shuns publicity. The tone sometimes threatens to override his reservations about Britains own shaming colonial history that led to the acquisition of the rocks in the first place. There are occasions when we are unsure of the identity of a sitter or artist, their life dates, occupation or have not recorded their family relationships. It was an extremely apolitical household; my parents would have voted Conservative. The 42-year-old musician's family confirmed to People magazine that Hannah Price, who was found dead in her home two . Skip to main content . Delivery charges may apply. Thats just good history.. The National Portrait Gallery will NOT use your information to contact you or store for any other purpose than to investigate or display your contribution. I've been in this job for a couple of years. We would welcome any information that adds to and enhances our information and understanding about a particular portrait, sitter or artist. He took steps to get in touch with the people of the colony, and was known for his penchant for taking public strolls around Hong Kong as well as in the media limelight. We have been together for ages and he's wonderful. On May 1, 2011, following the advice from the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government led by Prime Minister David Cameron, the Queen-in-Council made him the Chairman of BBC Trust. Its funny you should say that. Beijing had expected that the use of functional constituencies with limited electorates would be used to elect this council, however Patten extended the definition of functional constituencies and thus virtually every Hong Konger was able to vote for the so-called indirectly elected members (see Politics of Hong Kong) of the Legislative Council. In 2003 he was awarded an honorary LL.D. Does he ever get mad, watching his lifes work, at home and abroad, unravel? Chris Patten. The plan was to hand the lot over to the Bodleian Library in Oxford, but he felt he should get it in order. "She travelled to cities such as San Francisco for Rock Shrines," he says. What the Russians are doing in Ukraine is wicked. A month after her father was elected Chancellor of Oxford University,. After he left Hong Kong, Patten was part of the EU team that negotiated Chinas accession to the World Trade Organization in 2002. Connor Patten Basketball. Though he robustly defended the policy at the time, in his 2006 book Not Quite the Diplomat (published in the United States as Cousins and Strangers: America, Britain and Europe in the New Century) he claims to have thought it was a mistake on Margaret Thatcher's part. RM 2D332TK - Chris Patten, the EU Commissioner and last Governor of Hong Kong, after the installation ceremony as Chancellor at Oxford University in Oxford, with from left daughters Laura, Alice, wife Lavender and daughter Kate. Patten was born in 1944 on the day the German army was driven out of Crimea. Donations welcome He was European Commissioner for External Relations from 1999 to 2004 and Chairman of the BBC Trust from 2011 to 2014. As party chairman, he successfully orchestrated a surprise Conservative electoral victory in 1992, but lost his own seat. Marcus Higgins (David Spade) has become a single womanizer. For a decade between 1999 and 2009, he was the Chancellor of Newcastle University. * Academics were turning out in full regalia for a procession and ceremony at . The two posts combined had received more than 8,000 likes and 700 shares by Monday morning. In 2004, she appeared in Jonathan Creek as Gillian Bailey. Netizens were amazed by the apparent response from the English actress, however, as it is a fan page it isunlikely that it is managedby Patten herself. It came, however, immediately in the wake of widespread criticism of the BBC's live outside-broadcast coverage of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee River Pageant on 3 June 2012, which was castigated in the press and was the subject of 1,830 formal complaints by viewers. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. His latest sermon outlined three possibilities. THE youngest daughter of Chris Patten is to star in a "lusty" BBC One drama about the life and loves of King Charles II. Do you think it was also their belief that the British government had deluded itself about its own purpose? He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Bath in 1979, and served until he was unseated in 1992. Chris Pratt is being called "cringe and vile" for praising his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, for giving him a "healthy daughter" given that his son with ex Anna Faris, Jack, has suffered. Reading his 2017 memoir, First Confession, I was struck by how much his faith meant to him. 3 episodes, The Musketeers (2014) as Sister Hlne. In 2005, he became an appointed member of the British peerage. Bartis Edmond Hawley-Wall, Kyler Havard, Zealot23, Nich Smith, Matt Koltes, Chris Mulvihill . He described the government as shameful and seedy. Chris Patten is Chancellor of Oxford University. Lavender doesnt entirely approve; I think she fears it makes me a tad sanctimonious. He has been married to Lavender Thornton since 1971. See PA story ROYAL Patten. Patten married Lavender Thornton, a barrister, on 11 September 1971. Between 1998 and 1999, Chris Patten served as the Chairperson of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland. Hardback. 01 Dec 1990. Theyre watching a ship under full sail heading over the horizon at dusk. Former Hong Kong Gov. In 1989, he was promoted to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for the Environment and became responsible for the unpopular Community Charge (or so-called "Poll Tax"). Developer Chris Patten has submitted new plans to build a four-story apartment complex at the corner of Glen and Bay streets, directly across from City Park. [citation needed]. He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of Oxford since 2003.. Raised in west London, Patten studied history at . Contributions are moderated. The latter initiative was heavily criticised in China, with one Chinese media outlet calling him a wrongdoer who would be condemned for a thousand generations. Patten was Chancellor of Newcastle University from 1999 to 2009. Chris Patten East and West: China, Power, and the Future of Asia Hardcover - September 14, 1998 by Christopher Patten (Author) 21 ratings Hardcover $22.11 45 Used from $1.66 5 New from $18.85 2 Collectible from $17.00 Paperback $16.99 12 Used from $2.93 The Legislative Council became a fully elected legislature for the first time in 1995 and extensively expanded its functions and organisations throughout the last years of colonial rule.[10]. It is hard to beat Dominic Grieves description of him as a moral vacuum., A few minutes later he phones me back. Get involved in exciting, inspiring conversations. [23], In September 2020, he wrote that "Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping's dictatorship is certainly thuggish. W e had one of those thunderbolt feelings when we saw our main home in Barnes . Chris Patten, Hong Kong's last colonial governor, departed from the Government House in Hong Kong on the 1 st July 1997, and made the historic and iconic trip back to the HMY Britannia. Consider its policies in Xinjiang. In 2010, The Tablet named him as one of Britain's most influential Catholics. He talks about how you will see Christ sitting at the right hand of his father and a sort of celebrity troop of angels, Patten says, chuckling. Patten submitted his letter of resignation as BBC Trust Chairman to the Secretary of State on 6 May 2014; citing health reasons following his heart bypass surgery on 28 April. 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